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This looks amazing! :P How do you like artrage? I was thinking of getting it because I really want to try digital art. Is this your first drawing program that you've used; and if so, how user friendly is it?

I'm kind of an old hand at photoshop (although mostly for image editing) so it's not a huge learning curve for me. It's definitely more suited to drawing with a tablet though and that's great now that I've got one of those too. I think once I load more paper textures and stuff I'll be happier with it. I like options. I also seem to have a problem getting the brushes big enough sometimes, especially when trying to do watercolor washes.

Other than that though it's really good so far, it has just the right amount of smoothing (although you can turn it off) and there are plenty of layer blending options. The color picker and brushes are very easy to use with a stylus too. Fun. I plan on trying Autodesk Sketchbook too.

So what are your problems with this painting? The background? The path and foreground? Can't be the tree because that is absolutely fantastic. If you ask me, I think the foreground and the background could be fleshed out a bit more which might help with the unfinished look that you feel.

I am not fishing for compliments... I really have a problem with this picture :) Maybe it is me, and not the picture... I am just frustrated, because this is not the first time I feel this way about a sketch/drawing/painting....
But I will take you advice, and I will give a bit more time to it. Maybe it will make a difference! Thank you!

Maybe the real problem is that my pictures just do not have a focus point. Just as /u/fiftydays said.
But here are some of my older paintings/sketches - maybe with more you will see my "problem". One - Two and a Third. The last one is the best in my opinion.
I think I will work on them in the future - because this is bothering me... Moar practice will make it better (I hope).

I did this in ArtRage. For the leaves I used the paint gloop (I don't know the technical name, I'll tell you later) and went over it with the wet pallet knife. For the trunk I just used chalk. Glad you like it! I'm still trying to work this whole ArtRage thing out.. I'm even thinking of buying a tablet! ^^

I thought I'd go with a mobile version.
Definitely a work in progress. I don't know enough about perspective and shading right now to do the idea justice, and I don't have the patience (at least, not tonight) to make it more detailed. Blargh trees. The general shapiness was derived from the last of these sketches of unused colossi for "Shadow of the Colossus".

Case of biting off more than I could chew. In my head, I swear, it looked amazing there were pinks and purples and flowers and rays of light. My sketch will show you none of that because I only spent about 20min and got frustrated with the proportions and scale of what needed to be done :/